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Dr. Mary J. Culnan is Professor Emeritus at Bentley University. She also serves as a Senior Research Fellow in the Center for IT and the Global Economy (CITGE) at the Kogod School of Business, American University. Mary has testified before Congress, the Massachusetts Senate, and other government agencies on a range of privacy issues. In […]

Joseph Jerome is a policy counsel at Future of Privacy Forum. At FPF, Joseph’s issue portfolio focuses on big data and the Internet of Things, where he works on de-identification standards and educational privacy questions. He is interested in questions around transparency and accountability mechanisms in data use. Prior to joining FPF, Joseph served as a national law […]

Mobile payment systems are a relatively new technology that has sparked the interest of lawmakers, federal agencies, academics, and privacy advocates. The question they are all asking is why are Americans not taking advantage of a system that promises to significantly increase economic efficiency and convenience? When it comes to mobile payment systems, the United […]

Last Wednesday the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB). The Board, created in response to the 9/11 Commission, is charged with making sure privacy and civil rights are protected for executive branch activities and measures. It consists of five members appointed by the […]

The Federal Trade Commission released its report on consumer privacy on Monday to provide policy recommendations for American businesses and legislators. Combined with the recently released Privacy Bill of Rights, the report helps lay out a path for the emerging comprehensive US data privacy framework. As the EU also advances a revision of its data […]

Yesterday, the White House released its long-awaited Privacy “White Paper” that outlines the Obama Administration’s proposal for a new American privacy framework.  The more than year-long process that culminated in today’s release of the White Paper began in December 2010 when the Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force released a “Green Paper” entitled:  “Commercial […]

Peter P. Swire  Peter P. Swire is the Nancy J. and Lawrence P. Huang Professor at the Scheller College of Business of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a Senior Fellow with the Future of Privacy Forum, and also a fellow with the Center for American Progress and Center for Democracy and Technology. In […]

GPS navigation and cellular-signal triangulation can help us to find our way around — or to help someone else find us. If you happen to be a lost pet, an Alzheimer’s patient or a small child, that’s a good thing. But what about the rest of us? Where do we stand legally in terms of […]

FPF was in attendance at the hearing yesterday chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), entitled, “Protecting Children’s Privacy in a Electronic World.” Members of the Subcommittee showed their overwhelming support for the FTC’s efforts to better protect children in their proposed revisions to COPPA. Rep. Bono Mack stated that FTC had hit the “sweet […]

Please see FPF Advisory Board member Neil M. Richards in “Privacy legal fights should focus on intrusion, not hurt feelings”, an article from Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom by Jessica Martin. Richards discusses how American privacy law was created in the 19th and 20th centuries and is an inadequate guide for 21st century privacy […]